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Stephan Lichtsteiner is a Swiss association football player and coach. Born in Adligenswil in 1984, he competes as a defender, specifically playing the full-back position. He has represented Switzerland in international competitions, including the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2016.
His professional club career includes stints with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Lille OSC, Juventus FC, and SS Lazio. He began his working period in 2001 and has worn the number 26 shirt during his career. Lichtsteiner is a male citizen of Switzerland.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Switzerland
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Adligenswil
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- FC Augsburg
- Position played
- full-back
- Country for sport
- Switzerland
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- AUT vs. SUI 2015-11-17 - Stephan Lichtsteiner (2).jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Stephan Lichtsteiner
- date of birth
- 1984-01-16
- sport number
- 26
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 196712
- name in native language
- Stephan Lichtsteiner
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephan Lichtsteiner ( Swiss Standard German: [ˈʃtɛfan ˈlɪçtˌʃtaɪnər]; born 16 January 1984) is a Swiss football manager and former professional footballer. He is currently the head coach of Swiss Super League club FC Basel. An attacking right-back or wing-back during his playing career, he was known for his energetic runs down the right wing, as well as his stamina and athleticism, which earned him the nicknames "Forrest Gump" and "The Swiss Express".
He began his professional career with Grasshopper, winning a league title in 2002–03, and moved to Lille in 2005, helping the French club to Champions League qualification in his first season with the team. In 2008, he joined Italian club Lazio, and won both the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana the following year. In 2011, he signed for Juventus for a fee of €10 million. He played 257 total games for the Turin side over seven years and won 14 trophies, including the Serie A title in each of his seasons with the team. In the summer of 2018, he was signed by Premier League side Arsenal, where he spent a season before moving to German club Augsburg the following summer. Lichtsteiner announced his retirement from football after one season at the club.
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